Clay: I completely understand, and put that in my email. The questions were, "What would be an example of a Con that costs $150 or less and where you could take a dozen classes? What kind of classes would they be? How long would each class be?"
Yes, I know this is a lace list, but there are many Conventions out there, which do educate on some level. Even what you call the "trade show" style (though I'd quibble with that assessment, but it's not important, really) informs and exchanges information. My starred points, however, showed a difference in what the IOLI convention is and what the SciFi/Fantasy Cons are. I even stated "The main difference, of course, is that the SciFi/Fantasy Cons are not set up to give intensive, hands on workshops. While they do impart knowledge, they aren't showing 10 or 15 people (or whatever the class limit is) how to make a pillow, how to prep a patterns, how to make the pad (for needle lace)." I was just answering the question as I read it, not inferring that the person asking was just wanting to know about Lace Cons. Also, I want to make it clear -- since it seems I didn't in my last email -- that I'm NOT saying I think teachers shouldn't be paid for giving their classes! I was just trying to show how Cons in other genres can keep the costs down, and also showed a version where the ones who brought in big name celebrities could afford to pay the celebrities. If we don't think it's wrong to pay to see our favorite actor/author/whatever, then how much more is it RIGHT to pay people who are experts in their art, not only travel money but also a good fee to teach something we want to learn? Bronwen, who's obviously not had enough caffeine this morning if I couldn't convey that last, most important bit, clearly On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 10:57 AM, Clay Blackwell <clayblackw...@comcast.net>wrote: > Hi Bronwen, > > I think that you're comparing apples to oranges here. At a lacemaking > convention, people are paying experts to travel (many from Europe), stay at > the hotel and have their convention costs covered, as well as a teaching > stipend. The best and most sought-after teachers devote their careers to > designing and teaching, and do not do that for free. > > > Clay > -- "It is sometimes the most fragile things that have the power to endure and become sources of strength." - May Sarton - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
